Mindanao students protest vs. ‘Bangsamoro’

MAGUINDANAO: Selected elite students belonging to more than 4,000 scholars of the Maguin–danao Program on Education Assistance and Community Empowerment (MagPEACE) from various schools and universities in Central Mindanao have joined the information campaign on the current Mindanao peace process, staging Thursday a debate on the constitutionality of the proposed Bangsamoro political entity.

In the final round, three debaters from Mindanao State University-Maguindanao campus argued against the constitutionality of the proposed new geopolitical region, claiming that the constitution recognizes only two areas of autonomy—the Muslim Mindanao and the Cordilleras.